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Season 9 (CBS) (1959-60)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger, Rina Fox [Updated March 2020 TA]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

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CBS Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm

Season 9 - Series Regulars:
Red Skelton … Himself / various characters
David Rose and His Orchestra
The Skelton Dancers
Art Gilmore,  Announcer

9.01 [298] The Red Skelton Show: FREDDIE'S BEAT SHACK
29-Sep-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Freddie the Freeloader
Errol Flynn … 'The Duke' (Gentleman hobo)
Scott Walker (as Scott Engel) … Guest singer
Beverly Aadland … Beatnik Girl
Synopsis 1:
Freddie's shack becomes a gathering place for beat-nicks. [IMDb]
Synopsis 2:
Freddie the Freeloader's abode at the city dump is threatened by re-zoning. Freddie meets the challenge by converting
his shack to a coffee house playing for the teenage trade and engaging a singer as bait. The singer is Scott Engel
(later known as Scott Walker of The Walker Brothers) who sings "Paper Doll."
Errol Flynn plays a fellow hobo. Flynn's teenaged girlfriend, Beverly Aadland, appears as a beatnik.
Note:
Reportedly, Errol Flynn's appearance on this episode is more like a brief cameo than a guest star.

9.02 [299] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM'S GENERAL STORE
6-Oct-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Jayne Mansfield … Daisy June
Jamie Farr (as Jameel Farah) … ‘Nose' (prison escapee)
Jesse White … Moose (prison escapee)
Synopsis:
Clem Kadiddlehopper wants to marry Daisy June but his plans are interrupted by a prison escape
and convicts showing up at his General Store.

9.03 [300] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY'S BIRD WOMAN
13-Oct-1959 CBS (repeated 14-Feb-1961)
© 13Feb61 (in notice: 1959) / LP19555.
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby
Eve Arden … Clara Appleby
Jan Arvan ... Dr. Oliver
Isabel Randolph ... Clara's Mother
Synopsis:
After embarrassing her at the movies during a showing of "The Blob,” Mrs. Appleby decides to teach
George a lesson. With the help of a borrowed parrot, she tricks him into believing she's turned into a bird.
He takes the parrot to a psychiatrist for help.

9.04 [301] The Red Skelton Show: DEADEYE AND THE GIRL BANDIT (copyright title)
aka SON OF PALEFACE SPOOF [IMDb title]
20-Oct-1959 CBS / repeated 28-Feb-1961 © 27Feb61 (rerun copyright) / Prod. no. LP19556
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Sheriff Deadeye
Jane Russell … Lillian "Lil" Martin
Synopsis 1:
Jane Russell stars as Lillian Martin, a saloon girl who lives a double life as an outlaw.
Synopsis 2:
Red welcomes Jane Russell, who takes part in a sketch about Sheriff Deadeye.
The west is being terrorized by a girl bandit who robs gold shipments.
The townspeople ask Deadeye to bring in the girl. [TA]

[--] 27-Oct-1959 CBS - pre-empted for the TV play “The Bells of St. Mary's"
starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Preston, and Charles Ruggles. (8:30-10pm)

9.05 [302] The Red Skelton Show: SAN FERNANDO'S TREASURE HUNT
03-Nov-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / San Fernando Red
Amanda Blake … Ruby
Anthony Caruso … Prospector (listed as “Gangster” on IMDb)
Guy Madison … Skipper
Synopsis:
Con man San Fernando Red is looking for treasure in the ocean. He hires a boat skippered by Guy Madison.
His secretary Ruby (Amanda Blake) comes along for the search.

9.06 [303] The Red Skelton Show: FREDDIE AND FABIAN
10-Nov-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Freddie the Freeloader
Fabian (Fabian Forte) … Himself
Stanley Adams … Marty
Phil Arnold … Vendor
Lesley-Marie Colburn … Young Fan
Jane Eagar … Miss Strohm
Synopsis:
Singing star Fabian, running away from a horde of screaming fans, seeks refuge behind Freddie the Freeloader's
park bench. Freddie, mistaking the teen-idol for a purse snatcher, takes Fabian to his shack.
This hideaway proves ideal until Freddie hears his guest sing and tries to get him a recording contract.

9.07 [304] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY THE WEATHERMAN
17-Nov-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby
Peter Lorre … Boris, chief spy
Frank Albertson … General Scott
Mercedes McCambridge … Clara Appleby
Robert Carson … General Evans
Susan Shere … Zorina, spy
Jamie Farr (as Jameel Farah) … Lazlo, henchman
Synopsis:
Appleby's weather prediction interests both the space program and foreign spies.

9.08 [305] The Red Skelton Show: SAN FERNANDO'S THANKSGIVING
24-Nov-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / San Fernando Red
Jayne Meadows … Ruby, San Fernando's accomplice
Synopsis:
In "San Fernando's Thanksgiving," loquacious con artist San Fernando (Skelton) cooks up his nastiest "scam" yet.
Posing as a producer, he collects money from society ladies, ostensibly to stage a play for the Boy's Club.
Naturally, San Fernando intends to abscond with the loot, but by the end of this live telecast our hero has
mended his crooked ways. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)

9.09 [306] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY, THE BIG PRODUCER
01-Dec-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby
Tuesday Weld … Teenage Starlet
Mary Beth Hughes … Clara Appleby
Robert Paget … Juvenile
Synopsis:
Clara Appleby tells all her friends that her husband George is a Hollywood producer, when in fact he runs a
hamburger stand in one of the studios. To make good Clara's claims, George tries to persuade a gorgeous starlet
(Tuesday Weld) to appear in a jerry-built film project.

9.10 [307] The Red Skelton Show: BOLIVAR THE SONGWRITER
08-Dec-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Bolivar Shagnasty
Bobby Rydell … Himself
Barbara Nichols … Myrtle (Bolivar's girlfriend)
Synopsis:
In the comedy sketch "Bolivar the Songwriter," pugnacious Bolivar Shagnasty (Red) is nagged by his prospective
mother-in-law to get a job. Hoping to shut her mom up, Bolivar's sweetie Myrtle (Barbara Nichols) claims that
her beau is a songwriter. Compounding the lie, Myrtle further claims that Bobby Rydell plans to record Bolivar's
latest composition. (Hal Erickson)

9.11 [308] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM THE MAILMAN
15-Dec-1959 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Marie McDonald … Lil
Synopsis 1:
Clem gets a job in a post office during the Christmas rush. He finds a box of candy with valuable pearls inside.
Synopsis 2:
"Clem the Mailman." Working as a post office employee during the Christmas rush, bucolic Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red)
tangles with a tough customer named Lil (Marie). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

[--] 22-Dec-1959 CBS - Red Skelton - Repeat of 8.11 "The Cop and the Anthem" (1958 version,
originally broadcast 23-Dec-1958)

9.12 [309] The Red Skelton Show: DEADEYE TURNS IN HIS BADGE
29-Dec-1959 CBS / © 28Dec59 / prod. no. LP15222.
Production crew:
Writers: Sherwood Schwartz, Dave O’Brien and Al Schwartz.
Producer: Cecil Barker
Director: Seymour Berns
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Sheriff Deadeye
Mickey Finn … Big Pete
Terry Moore … Lulubelle (Saloon Gal)
Charles Ruggles … Lulubelle's Father
Jack Kirkwood … Doc Schaeffer
Billy Barty … Shorty
Dick Ryan … Slim
Frank Roach … Jake
Gerald Harrington … Cowboy
Ray Kellogg … Texas Ranger
Synopsis:
Lulubelle wants her fiancee Deadeye, the sheriff of Sudden Death, Nev., to give up his dangerous calling and
settle down as a bartender in her father’s saloon. [Palm Springs CA Desert Sun]

9.13 [310] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM THE DISC JOCKEY
05-Jan-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Julie London … Vocalist
Jackie Coogan … Record Producer
George N. Neise
Synopsis:
Rural disc jockey Clem Kadiddlehopper becomes so infatuated with Julie’s record “Makin’ Whoopie” that
he plays it 3,000 times on the air. This earns him an appearance on her TV show. [TA]

9.14 [311] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM IN DOGPATCH
aka CLEM KADIDDLEHOPPER IN DOGPATCH
12-Jan-1960 CBS (repeated 21-Feb1961)
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Al Capp … Himself
Peter Palmer … Li'l Abner
Leslie Parrish … Daisy Mae
Stubby Kaye … Marryin' Sam
Synopsis:
Clem visits "Li'l Abner" artist Al Capp and is taken on a tour of Dogpatch. Daisy Mae tries to use
Clem to get Abner jealous. Cast sings songs from the musical.

9.15 [312] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY THE MUSCLEMAN
19-Jan-1960 CBS / © 18Jan60 (in notice: 1959) / prod. no. LP16763.
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby (also Freddie the Freeloader?)
Buster Crabbe … Jim Dandy
Max 'Slappy Maxie' Rosenbloom … Gus
Edward Everett Horton ... Muggsy
Dick Foran ... Gambler
Virginia Grey … Clara Appleby
Barbara Ruick
Synopsis:
A health club instructor tries to build up Appleby on his TV show.

9.16 [313] The Red Skelton Show: CAULIFLOWER AND THE SYNDICATE
26-Jan-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Cauliflower McPugg
George Raft … Mike McCluskey
Mary Beth Hughes … McCluskey's Moll
Synopsis:
In order to arrange a fixed fight, crooked promoter Mike McCluskey (Raft) must locate the world's worst boxer.
He finds his man in the form of washed-up champ Cauliflower McPugg, who is so preoccupied with the
"little birdies" in his head that he cannot possibly win in the ring-or can he? (by Hal Erickson)

9.17 [314] The Red Skelton Show: SAN FERNANDO'S PHONY FABIANS
02-Feb-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / San Fernando Red
Fabian … Himself
Jack Albertson … Fabian's Manager
Vici (Vicki) Raaf … Ruby (San Fernando's accomplice)
Synopsis:
In a parody of the music industry, San Fernando Red finds Fabian look-a-likes to tour the world.
Fabian sings "About This Thing Called Love."

[--] 09-Feb-1959 CBS - pre-empted for a "Playhouse 90" special: "To The Sound of Trumpets,”
a World War I romance starring Judith Anderson, Dolores Hart, Boris Karloff, and Sam Jaffe. (9:30-11pm)

9.18 [315] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY'S BOAT
16-Feb-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby
Marilyn Maxwell … Clara Appleby
Synopsis:
George wants to buy a boat, but Clara's already spent the money on a mink coat.

9.19 [316] The Red Skelton Show: BOLIVAR AND THE ROARING TWENTIES
aka BOLIVAR IN THE WEST AND THE ROARING 20's
23-Feb-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Bolivar Shagnasty
Gerald Mohr … Scarface
Barbara Nichols … Gert (speakeasy singer and Bolivar's girlfriend)
Kathryn Card … Gert's Mother
Synopsis:
During Prohibition, Bolivar Shangasty is invited to join Scarface's mob after his homemade "bathtub" beer gains a following.

9.20 [317] The Red Skelton Show: SKELTON AND MAE WEST
aka GOODNESS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
01-Mar-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Cauliflower McPugg, San Fernando Red,
and Clem Kadiddlehopper
Mae West … Herself
Reg Lewis … Panelist
William Schallert … Panelist
Synopsis:
In a parody of "Person to Person" (1953), Mae West is interviewed about the three men who do not appear in
her autobiography, "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It": Cauliflower McPugg, San Fernando Red,
and Clem Kadiddlehopper (all played by Red Skelton).

9.21 [318] The Red Skelton Show: DEADEYE THE BLACKSMITH
08-Mar-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Sheriff Deadeye
Brian Donlevy … Big Dan
Synopsis:
Sheriff Deadeye investigates the fatal shootings of the town’s 24 blacksmiths in as many days. [Farmington NM Daily Times]

9.22 [319] The Red Skelton Show: THE ORIGINAL DaVINCI
aka FREDDIE'S MASTERPIECE
15-Mar-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Freddie the Freeloader
Vincent Price … Gilbert, an art expert
Jackie Coogan … Muggsy
Byron Foulger … Museum Guard
Ernest (Earnest) Sarracino … Gino
Jimmy “Jim” Cross … 1st Man
Synopsis:
Freddie the Freeloader and his pal Muggsy come across a forgotten Leonardo da Vinci painting in the city dump.
A shady art dealer (Vincent Prince) swindles them out of the priceless masterpiece.

9.23 [320] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM THE PRIVATE EYE or 77 MOONSET STRIP
22-Mar-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Keefe Brasselle … Mr. Zimba
George O'Hanlon … Mr. List
Maxine Gates
Frank Mitchell
Synopsis:
Two detectives enlist elevator operator Clem to help them find a mysterious diamond thief.

9.24 [321] The Red Skelton Show: SAN FERNANDO FOR GOVERNOR
29-Mar-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / San Fernando Red
Amanda Blake … Ruby
Billy Gilbert … Mayor Edgar C. Mathews
Morris Ankrum ... The Governor
Jamie Farr (as Jameel Farah) ... Brooks
Ray Kellogg ... First Policeman
Bob Duggan ... Second Policeman
Ken Peters ... Spencer
Joseph Vitale ... Police Commissioner
Synopsis:
Crooked politician San Fernando Red becomes a candidate for governor.

9.25 [322] The Red Skelton Show: FREDDIE'S MILLIONS
5-Apr-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Freddie the Freeloader
Ron Howard … Joey
Jay North … Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell
Benny Rubin
Synopsis:
Just as he’s about to apply for unemployment insurance, Freddie the Freeloader finds himself a
multimillionaire, but has to contend with small boys, newspapers, bureaucrats and police.

9.26 [323] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM'S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
aka CLEM'S YOUTH WATER
12-Apr-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Audrey Meadows … Gloria Castle
Arte Johnson … Census Taker
Milton Frome … Movie Director
Jan Arvan … Paw Kadiddlehopper
Synopsis:
Clem tells the census taker a family secret—that the well on the Kaddidlehopper family farm is a fountain of youth.
This soon attracts visitors including Gloria Castle, a fading glamour girl who needs revitalizing. [TA]

9.27 [324] The Red Skelton Show: SUPER-CAULIFLOWER
19-Apr-1960 CBS Tue
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Cauliflower McPugg
Basil Rathbone … Hugh Rubicoff
Elena Verdugo … Ruth Sanders
Synopsis:
Two scientists (Basil Rathbone and Elena Verdugo) test their new strength serum on guinea pig Cauliflower McPugg. [TA]

[--] 26-Apr-1960 CBS - Red Skelton Show - Repeat of 8.22 "Appleby's Band" (aka "George's Band," from 31-Mar-1959)

9.28 [325] The Red Skelton Show: SAN FERNANDO'S MARRIAGE MILL
3-May-1960 CBS Tue
Production crew:
Writers: Sherwood Schwartz, Dave O’Brien and Al Schwartz.
Producer: Cecil Barker
Director: Seymour Berns
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / San Fernando Red
Cesar Romero … Handsome Al
Arte Johnson … Joe
Ray Kellogg … Harry
Barbara Morrison … Mrs. Fullbrook
Connie Van … Miss Thump
Juney Ellis … Eloise
Gerald Harrison … policeman
Synopsis:
San Fernando Red decides to make easy money by acting as a match-maker for husband-hunting women.

9.29 [326] The Red Skelton Show: FREDDIE IN LAS VEGAS
10-May-1960 CBS / © 9May60 / prod. no. LP16764.
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Freddie the Freeloader
Edward Everett Horton … Muggsy
Dick Foran … The Texan
Barbara Ruick … The Girl
Synopsis:
Las Vegas, Freddie and Muggsy are awaiting a letter containing $20. The letter arrives,
but with two cents postage due. The pair devote their energies into acquiring the two cents.

[--] 17-May-1960 CBS - Repeat of 8.25 "Appleby's Formula" (from 21-Apr-1959)

9.30 [327] The Red Skelton Show: CLEM AND THE BEANSTALK
24-May-1960 CBS
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / Clem Kadiddlehopper
Mamie Van Doren … Leona
Peter Lorre ... King Zurium
Jack Albertson ... J.B. Throckmorton
Gerald Harrington … Martian Warlord
Joseph Gaudio ... Martian Warlord
Kathryn Card ... Maw Kadiddlehopper
Rod Serling ... Himself, uncredited cameo
Synopsis:
A retelling of the “Jack and the Beanstalk” tale with Clem assuming the role of Jack. City slicker J.B. Throckmorton
cons Clem out of the family cow by offering magic beans in return. A beanstalk appears the day after an angry
Ma Kadiddlehopper throws the beans out the window. Upon climbing the beanstalk, Clem finds himself on Mars
when he encounters the mad ruler King Zurium and Zurium’s daughter Leona.

[--] 31May60 CBS - Repeat of 8.31 "Freddie The Singer" (with guest Frank McHugh, from 02-June-1959)

[--] April 27, 1960 newspaper item: The Philadelphia Inquirer: TV Roundup column:  Hollywood
Martha Raye won't be taping a "Red Skelton Show" guest spot, as scheduled, Thursday.
She didn't like the script, which cast her as "a nagging wife," and asked that her role be rewritten.
Instead, veteran "I Love Lucy" nagger Vivian Vance was handed the job.

9.31 [328] The Red Skelton Show: APPLEBY'S FALLOUT SHELTER
7-June-1960 CBS
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / George Appleby
Vivian Vance … Clara Appleby
Synopsis:
George Appleby builds a shelter in the basement of his home which he uses as a refuge from his wife’s singing. [TA]

9.32 [329] The Red Skelton Show: THE MANY SKELTONS
aka TOO MANY SKELTONS
14-June-1960 CBS
Cast:
Red Skelton … Himself / various characters
Marilyn Maxwell … Herself / Esther, Answering Service Operator
Monty Margetts … Clara Appleby
Synopsis:
Marilyn Maxwell plays an answering service switchboard operator who must contend with clients Clem Kadiddlehopper,
Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg, and Willie Lump Lump.
Music:
Marilyn Maxwell sings a song from "Bells Are Ringing."

[--] 21-June-1960 CBS - Repeat of 8.29 "Appleby the Witness" (guest Audrey Totter, from 26-May-1959).

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Summer Replacement Series: "The Comedy Spot" (CBS 28June1960 - 20Sep1960).
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Comedy anthology series comprised of unsold pilots, along with two repeats from “The General Electric Theater.”
[--] 28-June-1960 - “Ben Blues Brothers" starring comedian Ben Blue (playing three roles in a comedy about mistaken identity).
[--] 05-July-1960 - “McGarry and Me” starring Michael O’Shea & Virginia Mayo.
[--] 12-July-1960 - pre-empted for the Democratic National Convention.
[--] 19-July-1960 - “Head of the Family” with Carl Rainer and Barbara Britton.
(Reiner later took the pilot’s premise, about a TV comedy writer and his family, and revamped it as “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”)
[--] 26-July-1960 - pre-empted for the Republican National Convention.
[--] 02-Aug-1960 - Repeat of ”I Was a Bloodhound” with Ernie Kovacs (shown 15Feb59 on General Electric Theater).
[--] 09-Aug-1960 - Repeat of “The Incredible Jewel Robbery,” with Harpo and Chico Marx (shown 8Mar59 on General Electric Theater).
[--] 16-Aug-1960 - “The Sky’s the Limit” with Ross Martin, Joey Forman and Doug McClure.
[--] 23-Aug-1960 "Welcome to Washington" with Claudette Colbert as a newly elected Congresswoman.
[--] 30-Aug-1960 "Meet the Girls" with Mamie Van Doren (about girls who come to the big city to find husbands).
[--] 06-Sep-1960 “Adventures of a Model” with Joanne Dru.
[--] 13-Sep-1960 "Full Speed Anywhere" with Stubby Kaye.
[--] 20-Sep-1960 “Tom, Dick and Harry” with Gene Nelson, Joe Mantell, and Marvin Kaplan (as ex-Army buddies planning to take over a restaurant).

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